The 5 Minute Skirt

We are planning on sending our girls to an Islamic Sunday School. We want to teach the girls how to dress correctly as well as the manners of the masjid. Since they are still little we don't have them wear hijab yet, but this doesn't mean they don't play with them around the house. It's not the easiest to find long dresses for little girls, or adults for that matter, so I decided that I would make them some long skirts.

I found directions on making a 5 minute skirt, but while I was looking for material, my 5 minute skirt turned into an all-day jumper dress. How this happened, is because my mother happened to pop in at the moment. I told her what I was doing and what I wanted and one thing led to another, and the next thing I knew we were making jumpers. Now, I should say I am not this great sewer, I can do simple things and that's about it. My mother started tweaking the pattern, so I totally got lost. The thing I dreaded most was the moment my mother said, "I have to go, you can finish them." Umm.... me finish them...hence this is why when you look at the hem at the bottom you can actually see it. The girls love them, and when they are running around in them you don't really notice the bad hemming job. So as for my sewing career it is going back into hibernation, or at least until I get another crazy idea for another project, which seems to be happening more often then not.